Sara Jung Yeon Lee

Sara Jung Yeon Lee assisted our team during their time in South Korea as their Delegation Assistant Liaison.

Sara's role saw her working closely with the team, her role began by meeting the team at the start of the Host Town Programme on 26 January, she then assisted Brian Benn (Head of Delegation) throughout the Games with translation, liaising with the Games Organising Committee on New Zealand’s behalf and providing general assistance to the team as and when required.

This was Sara's first time in this type of role with Special Olympics. Sara was born and raised in Seoul, Korea until she was 9 years old, her family then moved to the United States where she lived in Salem, Oregon and then Palos Verdes, California where she graduated elementary, middle, and high school.